The President also confirmed that he will sign the law on the consolidation of Ukraine’s course for NATO membership.
President Petro Poroshenko said that prior to applying for membership in NATO should carry out reforms in Ukraine to match the criteria of the Alliance.
The Alliance said today that they had not received the application on NATO membership from Ukraine, but informed on the decision of the Verkhovna Rada to consolidate at the legislative level, the country’s course towards membership in the military-political Union.
“We’ll be talking today not about the formal side of filing, and that Ukraine needs to do in order to reform our government to meet all the criteria necessary for membership,” said Poroshenko in Kharkov told reporters.
He also said that he would sign Rada adopted the bill setting a goal of Ukraine joining NATO.
“Of course I will sign, because this legislative initiative was with me agreed, the coalition took an active part in the passage of this law,” he said.
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